General News.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20197, 27 March 1931, Page 14

General News.

Owing to the.ordjnaiy day of meet? ing of the Pamain# Board falling on Goad Friday next month, the monthly meetimg of the Boai4 will be held pn April loth.

Time ba» |ees a marked renown ot ®ef|Bßl at WM. W %JMrf>few days. Of tnogeysers flay# been Rowing ftrtiwy, Ppfeta rarticalarlv having given vme tee displays. The sootb-boand express from Christchnrdi wss delayed abont ten minutes at yesterday momisg owing toa het box on axe of the carnages. This is tbo third occasion within $ week tHat tronblo of this nature has witb tlss express.

The reading yesterday morning of the level of Lake Coleridge showed np differepop from th*t of lfifit week, the lake being at 1667,15 ft, or 4.85 ft below overflow level, 1672 ft. On March 23r«J, 4l^P^ 0 t|^ ? fer§l 4t wpfclj Hwf»§ <«i 2SWAn important Cemiliatiqn CcwneH sfcting will be held in Christehßl'f'h to* ty to tl|e demands advapoad % 0 companies ntxd employees in the freezing indastry. In view of theGpverrjineut's proposal to give the turn Court power to vary swards dpr-r inn their currency, the proceedings are beiqg »wait«d «ltsi interest. The employers a?e seeking a substantial re-r dijetion in wages, while the tFpiop fc*s demanded a 5 per txitp. increase, witji altered working conditions. T£#hb is nofe oije Jjootmaker pr 6#ddier in tlni ChatM,pi jelftn&i, a Capterr •tjry sum. iwn? ji?& returned frm » visrt to the group. torn a reewppn? tanive «f TB» 1%W9. yesterday, ,f U h m thipg " he remarked, "foundering that the wbpleWpmatiqn rW&I conti#qa|ly ; Appsrfiptfy tfee Inlander? we«r tfemr wfotg »n4 w* %m\t until they wl to pieces," There wag a motof-c§r onoe, he actded* bp* the of 'tmfo tert, ?t t° Ifee beaches, §nd pow it was lam perpiapently, bg ppdgrstood. A youth p| fourteen in search pf em? plavment on afarm showed gome origT m;uityat&e Addingto# Ssleysrds on Wedpeedjiy, wqeq pe approached a welfrlqhown eoßimereial nijiii and asked his assistance,. He was sppkep for during and % eheer rewarded hut eeurago m eiiindips on 9 fenee whil§ the hundrfda of farpMsra present ipr epected niai critieplly. Hjs detenainfitfan won him a neeifcien en » Canterbury farni for thiwe w&ks, while he was also given an address #t which he will probably. find emfijoy-

lii addition t* wemmmt. meters«*» the City Council yesterday had on its paysheet €Bl men. Of this total -539 were mm nKef swaks sjresd over 38 different jobs. Weifft i* foing «t 9tfl»dfy tie pew bridge ores- tha Heatheote >t Prisees street, Woe&ton. The abutment* Save bees completed sad *frang®pe*|* are being n*»d® to rniy on with the form work for tie construction of tite arch beams spanning &* ijrer. The contract time expire# im Jape and present indications are that tie bridge mil be completed wilil* tljf period. "It is quite likely that the new Art Gallery will be ggjg&ag, gnd possibly ready for use, by March of next year/ 1 stated |>r. G. M. I*. I*ster, at the opening of tie Society of Arts annual exhibition last evening. "la the gallery will be a medallion commemorating tie gift «f Mr 8. E. MsDougall, and this will probably be the work of Mr P. A. Shorr rock, of the School of Art." From Tuesday next the Mount Soakers Road Board, which ha 3 functioned for fifty years, will cease to exist. This has been broaght about by the desire of the majority of ratepayers in the district. The Rangit&ta Road Board was abolished in 192-5. which makes the Moant Somers Road Board the second to be abolished in the Ashbartim County. "I eammend Mr Forbes, though he is met of ear Party, for the very strong stand that be baa taken in the House," said Mr H, C. D. van Asch, speaking at the Junior Reform League meeting in the Men vale Schoolroom last night. The times demanded, he added, that people should take np a positive st*nd; they were not the times for negative people. The supporters of each Party, Reform, United, or Labour, should |rtrentH»!j*ly strive for the success <t( the Party they supported. In accordance with the decision of the City Council at its first meeting in this month, plans *ad speeifieatioaa are being prepared for alterations to the building in Cathedral square acquired for the purposes ef a Women's Eest Boam and Parcels OMee; also for a complete new building of four stories, and of five stories. These will be completed, it is anticipated, next week and, as soon as completed/ tenders will be called, jit is hoped to place the tenders received before the meeting ef the Council he}d after the Easter holidays. Ihffw?f the voyage across the Paeifie the steamer Golden Coast, which if* rived at Auckland yesterday, supplied tpme wneh needed provisions tq the inhabitants of PalmerstOß la Jan d. It w*s fortunate for the islander* tli#t the steamer passed in daylight, for Pa*pierftoß is fur toe unimportant for vessels to make regular ealls there. The natives informed the master of the steamer that the island had been visited by a very severe hurricane daring February, and that they were completely out of previsions. They had been living on eocpnnts. Captain Svedstrqp pip. plisd them with a ssek of potatoes, pome fldur and tobgeco, which was about nil they could palely t*ke isto their canoe.—Pees* Service. Tbe mssmmr (Mr K. B- Marriner) reported to the meeting of the Canterbury Jljwofactuws' Association, m Wednesday night that arrangement* lor the New Zealand Window Display Shopping Week, to commence p» April ISth, were well t» hand- All the pen* hers of the Amoewtion b&v* bee® dp, (polarised concerning the display, m well as the leading retailer*, ft was satisfactory to know tfc»t tS* JUwoci* t">D , would h*v* the cooperation of the retailers and manufacturers As many as 500 art posters would be dis«t t% end of the month and the ooqraitte* M a3m pr4ew4 500 show cards ana 6000 stickers for shop windows. Motorists were also being apfced to «WJM> II display m wind*screens of their cars.

The conference convened by the Christchnrch Drainage Board to discuss wjth representative of the CJity (Jopppfl, Ibe fticcarton Jiorough Council, and the Heatheote and Waimairi County Councils the question of the refund of drainage rates eollected by the Board is to hp held at the Board's office on Tuesday next. The Board's CKSUttaacftS bat that every seven years a statement of excesses and deficiencies should be prepared and, as required, Ac amoant# should be spbfr&etad from or added to the amounts to he rated for.

railway i» opened fflf traffic, the curiosity of passengers will be aroused in regard to tha origin of the name» gives to tonu» of the stations, if leeal m Mimed, . No, &mbt vm? or sfedpherfti were responsible for such names as tba Black Miller, Blue Duek, Woodbank, SnoHtfield. Dfiad Man, pud Aniseed, most of have W appl?# to a&£3S!ltfifchsß# Bays requires no seeking. The district fw* had its Maori settlements from time imqMjpQffe), and egphgpow pativp name* h»T# beep jp vf» *9 mm of the natural featpnMu gmpijg them Mug Mangftmapnu, WaTpJipa, %&* rapgo, Own, aiwl Hapuku,

Althpngh the fipatheote Cpapty Cornell 914 other county council# i» Canterbury have feppd it posfible to adopt thg suggestion of the gopth Island Motor Upipp tp hyJaws to defsr the is§ of gdyprtisipg TioardisgP, th? Wainmto Cpppty <?eßMil» nvtomng Vf the report pf ftp latest pieetipg. decided to receive the Upion's letter, "the ppipipps thpt the matter w§fl not »» the <X»ipaiT# power." The TJpipn's letter set opt that power to pwkpspeh a by law if contained in the Counties Amendment Mt. \W, mtion ? (2), (ft) and (b) f These subsections give cpnntisg power to mafce byOftwt #f»r the fegDlatioß and of hpardi««s intended tp he Kfed fPf advertiswg purposes, ftud M to regntetp, restrict, qr hihit" the exhibition of «in «Qfh plsees *»#'!» WW mm*f- 9$ tP afect injuriously the amgnities of any publie place n#ed hy the pnhlie for porposes of recreation m erioyment, or to flisflgnrc p? injßfipnsly affect tfee natural fee«T»ty pf the landscape. The Goveremegt's pperatipns for the destruction of deer to lessen the present menaee, are proceeding with satiffaetpry ?ee«lta. The main parties are still working high poa&t»y of the South Island* That a heavy toii has hee® taken 19 revealed in # fqrr ther report to the Hon. p, de la PerreUe" from Mr TZ&m who i« in eharge ef the gpfiatifflw, Qm Qf ftve, operating from new the head of the Sinter Valley, have hilled 447, deer, imd «n§th«F» opwtisg frow a taiA w the Valley pf the HigM»nrn stream, with an average working strength pf three asd ft half mep, have killed 331 in threp apd % half weeks. Work is also going on at Stewart Island. Arrange? igents have beep made to extend the. operations into the' Morven hi'ls aqd the Ashbnrton district, ip each of which new parties wiU fiperflt(B.3=rPrf§s Afao? ciatipn. visitors when ypp want % tail ask the Ferter to 'phose for ©no, he will do so wulmgly, liqt t f°rg§t ipatkp to the ?ert?r that M f ,%M .%«C T»«, and w other, as 6QW Swd T»ss are the hert and cheapest in New Zealand, ft is the largest fleet, has two shifts pf drivers, ap| opes agd night ai)d Is the firig thftt hrgilgJit the far«? 4own. 'Phone